German Zug

At the same moment as I dipped the first figure in the acetone I knew I would regret my stupid idea to repaint my germans…

But now, several days later the first platoon is ready. I go for a company so there’s a long way to go. At the same time I paint GI’s and will do fallschirmjägers and SS too. Sometime in a near future I want to do british too.

I paint my figures for wargaming, so I keep detais to a minimum. I use 12-15 colors, I use Army Painter and give them at least one layer of dull coat, usually helmets get some extra layers as this is the first place to loose paint.

Here’s the result.

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1st squad

2nd squad

3rd squad

HQ plus a sniper to the far right. He’s a tank rider from the AB Figures range modified to sit on his knees. I have also added a gun sight. He’s jacket is borrowed from the SS to give him better concealment.

I use Vallejo colours for most of the time, but I do base my figs with Citadels Base colours. For the germans I use a mix that comes very close to Vallejos Medium Sea Grey 158 (mine are a little bit warmer though). If you want to make a mix similar to mine I suggest to use Citadels Base: Rakarth Flesh, which is too warm and then add some blueish grey. Just aim for a little bit warm version of Vallejos Medium Sea Grey 158. The skintone is Vallejos Basic Skintone 017.

Second World War Wargaming

This blog is mostly about making terrain, build and paint tanks and figures for scenarios fought in Western Europe 1944-1945, with a special focus on the Normandy campaign and the following months of fighting. The scale is 1/72 (20mm).